DISAGREEING (WITH) Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

disagreeing (with)

verb

present participle of disagree (with)

as in contradicting

to make an assertion that is contrary to one made by (another) she disagreed with me when I said that the jacket was dark blue

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The contradicting geological and orbital observations for Phobos and Deimos collected to date have prevented scientists from definitively establishing one hypothesis over the other.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026
His argument would have been laughable, if not for the fact that Black Americans were barred from giving testimony against white people in California’s courts and therefore from contradicting Smith’s account.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

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